It has the potential, that's for sure, if you take it too personally. It's one of the things that make you go "hmmm....I didn't see that, maybe I could work on that..." Of course, I know what a lot of my faults already are ("smug" being one of them), so it's interesting to see what other people see.

Yeah...and interesting that you bring up those specific traits (perhaps it was intentional?) because the biggest surface difference between the two of us is that I'm introverted and fairly shy (those being different traits, of course, that often have overlap in individuals) and you are anything but. I see loud as slightly negative, but not anything too bad -- it is very possible to be appropriately loud. There is a big difference between "outspoken" and "obnoxiously loud." Same way that "shy" is slightly negative, but there is a huge difference between "quiet" and "avoidant." And of course, all of these words have certain shades of meaning completely different from each of the words with which I have compared them -- the spectrum of meaning is not a straight line but a web of nuances. And of course, different words or concepts of being are interpreted at different levels of positivity or negativity in different cultures.

I seemed to have missed it all the first time round! But I like the positive better than the neg, but hey some of the neg aren't that good and vice versa. But mostly it's very interesting to find out what people think of you.